It’s the penultimate episode (the big marathon finale is tomorrow night) so the final elimination challenge should be an absolute cracker. The task for the final three is to serve 20 people – including the Masterchef judges, of course – a main meal and dessert. There’ll be blood. There’ll be sweat. There’ll be tears. (Although ideally not in the food.) And at the end of the night, one exhausted cook will be going home. It’s a testament to this series that we love these finalists so much, we don’t want it to be any of them.

Turning up the heat: the Masterchef judges will send one contestant home this Sunday.

On the one hand, not much actually happens in the final stage of the Tour de France. The whole mob – or at least the ones still standing – tool respectfully through the streets of Paris behind the one who, yesterday, actually won the race. On the other hand, there still manages to be something quite spine-tingling about that final promenade of scratched, bruised, broken and exhausted warriors wending their way to the Arc de Triomphe to the delirious appreciation of the crowds.

MOVIE: STORM BOY

***1/2

9.30pm, NITV

Filmmaking has come some way since Storm Boy was made in 1976, but this beautiful tale (based on the equally beautiful book by Colin Thiele) stands the test of time despite the scratchy production values. Capturing issues that still resonate today (ecology and race relations) it is also – especially compared with most kids’ films today – incredibly and satisfyingly tough. You will definitely need to keep the tissues handy.